The Japanese manga industry is a meritocracy, where the competition is FIERCE and only the most skilled and hardest working creators survive. But the financial rewards can be GREAT. Compare this to the current year American comics industry, which seems to eschew the very idea of a meritocracy. Titles that …
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Join us this Wednesday, September October 7th at 4pm PT for another episode of the Comics Haul With Amy and Paul. Follow us in Instagram and Twitter @TheComicshaul Don’t forget to join our Facebook Group at #Comics #News — Visit our website at www.sideshow.com Follow us on social: @sideshowcollectibles And …
Read More »Forbes: MANGA is Beating Superhero Comic Books in the U.S.?!
Well, well, well… it looks like we finally have some hard numbers from comic book industry analysts that manga IS surpassing superhero comics in popularity Stateside. This shouldn’t surprise most of our viewers, but there it is. Even Forbes is covering it. Links – https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/10/08/surprising-new-data-shows-comic-readers-are-leaving-superheroes-behind/#322b955b4d68 https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/10/07/my-hero-academia-manga-sales-milestone-update/ https://www.comicsbeat.com/raina-telgemeiers-guts-is-the-bestselling-book-overall-in-the-us-this-week/ https://twitter.com/Comixace/status/1181225689753821184/photo/1 ► SUBSCRIBE …
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Tiffany and Sal from ComicPOP discuss the decision by DC Comics to ditch Diamond as their comics distributor! What do the customers say? The retailers? The industry? And what is nobody talking about? We’ll cover it today! Never miss an update by subscribing! https://bit.ly/2WYvgkt #dccomics #diamondcomics #comicbooks Other places to …
Read More »Manga is a MERITOCRACY! American Comics are NOT?
The Japanese manga industry is a meritocracy, where the competition is FIERCE and only the most skilled and hardest working creators survive. But the financial rewards can be GREAT. Compare this to the current year American comics industry, which seems to eschew the very idea of a meritocracy. Titles that …
Read More »Forbes: MANGA is Beating Superhero Comic Books in the U.S.?!
Well, well, well… it looks like we finally have some hard numbers from comic book industry analysts that manga IS surpassing superhero comics in popularity Stateside. This shouldn’t surprise most of our viewers, but there it is. Even Forbes is covering it. Links – https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/10/08/surprising-new-data-shows-comic-readers-are-leaving-superheroes-behind/#322b955b4d68 https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/10/07/my-hero-academia-manga-sales-milestone-update/ https://www.comicsbeat.com/raina-telgemeiers-guts-is-the-bestselling-book-overall-in-the-us-this-week/ https://twitter.com/Comixace/status/1181225689753821184/photo/1 ► SUBSCRIBE …
Read More »DC Comics BACKLASH! Comics Retailers are Just Diamond FRANCHISEES?!
The comics retailer backlash against DC Comics leaving Diamond Comics Distribution has been FIERCE. But DC Comics is just looking out for DC Comics. If comics retailers are so heavily dependent on Diamond for EVERYTHING… aren’t they just franchisees at this point? 🐱👤 WANT TO PRINT A COMIC OR MANGA? …
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